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WMS 3.6 update for Wyse Management Suite

Wyse Management Suite

Dell released WMS 3.6 update for Wyse Management Suite to address some customer and security issues and add new features and functions.

One tool. Multiple solutions.

Wyse Management Suite centrally configures, monitors, and optimizes Dell client devices powered by Dell Hybrid Client and thin clients. Optimized for a streamlined, out-of-box experience that’s ready for day-one use, Wyse Management Suite makes endpoint management simple and pain-free. Empower IT, admin, to manage from anywhere a distributed workforce with a companion mobile app and floating license allocation between on-premises and cloud.

Recommended: Dell Technologies recommends that you apply the update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help to keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software).

Customers using the on-prem version can download the WMS 3.6 MR update from the link below on February 7th, 2022:

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/wyse-wms/drivers

New and enhanced features

Dell Hybrid Client Granular permission during Wyse Management Suite User creation

The function is available for Custom Group administrator and Custom Global administrator.
Wyse Management Suite administrator can choose the Dell Hybrid Client Granular level configuration parameters during assigning the role to the Wyse Management Suite User under Groups & Configs > Create/Edit Policies.

The following Dell Hybrid Client Configuration parameters are available for Granular permission in Wyse Management Suite 3.6 release.

  • Login Experience
    • Domain Join
      • Username
      • Password
  • BIOS
    • All BIOS password

Enhanced Wyse Management Suite Installer

Wyse Management Suite installer supports new installation and upgrades from Wyse Management Suite 3.3 and Wyse Management Suite 3.3.1 with an existing user and domain user for Wyse Management Suite Service Account credentials.

As per the security guidelines, the user who is configured for Wyse Management Suite services should have minimum privileges. Select one of the following options for Wyse Management Suite Service Account Credentials during Wyse Management Suite Installation or Upgrade.

Create New Local User

  • Creates a new user which is added to Users group.
  • The created user will not have administrative rights.
  • Password complexity: 9-127 Characters, 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 special character (except spaces), 1 number.

Existing Local User

  • Selected users must exist and successfully log in to the system once.
  • Users must have service log-in rights (SeServiceLogonRight).
  • Dell Technologies recommends that this user does not have administrative rights.
  • The installer will not perform any password complexity checks for this user.

Existing Domain User

  • Selected users must exist and successfully log in to the system once.
  • Users must have service log-in rights (SeServiceLogonRight).
  • Dell Technologies recommends that this user does not have administrative rights.
  • The installer will not perform any password complexity checks for this user.


Amazon Web Services and Azure Cloud support for the repository

Wyse Management Suite 3.6 repository can be installed on Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 virtual machines hosted on Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment.

After you install the repository, the Wyse Management Suite repository URL appears as the hostname of the virtual machine which may not be reachable by the endpoints. Edit the URL and the DNS name of the virtual machine must be used as the URL before registering to Wyse Management Suite.

Following are a few examples of the DNS address:

  • Azure VM address: uw2-wmstest-vw01.westus2.cloudapp.azure.com
  • AWS VM address: ec2-3-141-79-165.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com

Enhanced Wyse Management Suite repository installer

Wyse Management Suite repository installer supports new installation and upgrades from Wyse Management Suite 3.3 with the existing user and domain users for Wyse Management Suite Service Account credentials.

As per the security guidelines, the user who is configured for Wyse Management Suite services should have minimum privileges. Select one of the following options for Wyse Management Suite Service Account Credentials during Wyse Management Suite repository installation or upgrade:

Create New Local User

  • Creates a new user which is added to the Users group.
  • The created user will not have administrative rights.
  • Password complexity: 9-127 Characters, 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 special character (except spaces), 1 number.

Existing Local User

  • Selected users must exist and successfully log in to the system once.
  • Users must have service log-in rights (SeServiceLogonRight). For information on how to create a user and assign LoginRight, see How to create a user and assign LogonRight privilege.
  • Dell Technologies recommends that this user does not have administrative rights.
  • The installer will not perform any password complexity checks for this user.

Existing Domain User

  • Selected users must exist and successfully log in to the system once.
  • Ensure that the LDAP port 389 is open to communicate from Wyse Management Suite on-premise server to AD Domain server.
  • Users must have service log-in rights (SeServiceLogonRight). For information on how to create a domain user, see How to create a domain user.
  • Dell Technologies recommends that this user does not have administrative rights.
  • The installer will not perform any password complexity checks for this user.

For fixed issues and more details refer to the Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 3.x Release Notes posted at www.dell.com/support.